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ICR Inc. handles FAT Brands as the Los Angeles-based fast-casual, quick-serve restaurant owner/franchisor acquires Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill chain from Sun Capital Partners.
The $30M acquisition puts FAT (Fresh. Authentic. Tasty.) into the barbecue business. Smokey has 61 outlets in 16 states.
“Having a strong player in the barbecue space provides another arrow in our quiver for the polished dining segment and opens the door for additional growth strategies for our sister brands,” said Andy Wiederhorn, chairman/founder of FAT.
His company owns 17 brands including Johnny Rockets, Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses, Pretzelmaker, Fatburger, Round Table Pizza and Hot Dog on a Stick.
ICR’s Michelle Michalski has IR duties for Fat Brands.
Hut 8, energy infrastructure platform, has named NextEra Energy's Mark Eidelman head of IR and SVP of strategic finance.
Teneo handles easyJet as Minneapolis investment firm Castlelake mulls a possible takeover of the British budget airline.
Brunswick Group represents Universal Music Group as it rejects the unsolicited $65B takeover offer by billionaire Ed Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management because it “fundamentally and materially undervalues” the world’s largest music company.
Prosek Partners brings on Danielle O’Brien as a managing director in its investor relations practice, based in the firm’s New York office.
Houston’s Dancie Perugini Ware PR represents Fertitta Entertainment as it takes Caesars Entertainment private in a $17.6B cash deal. 
